Author : Jonathan Barnes
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004321004
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Logic and the Imperial Stoa by : Jonathan Barnes
Download or read book Logic and the Imperial Stoa written by Jonathan Barnes and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main argument of this book, against a prevailing orthodoxy, is that the study of logic was a vital - and a popular - part of stoic philosophy in the early imperial period. The argument relies primarily on detailed analyses of certain texts in the Discourses of Epictetus. It includes some account of logical 'analysis', of 'hypothetical' reasoning, and of 'changing' arguments. Written both for historians and for philosophers, and presupposing no logical expertise, this is an important contribution to the history of philosophy in the early imperial period.